posted on
June 09, 2009 at 10:51AM
In response to
bjluvslois's post from
June 09 2009 08:34AM
You're kind of right and kind of wrong. Protection agreements for appliances, power tools, exercise equipment, and electronics includes annual preventive maintenance checks. This is called a Master Protection Agreement.
For lawn & garden equipment (chain saws, tractors, lawn mowers, weedwackers, etc.), everything is covered the same as with the Master Protection Agreeement, except for annual check-ups (you do get a 10% discount, though). This is called a Repair Protection Agreement.
Mainly, the check-ups were eliminated for two reasons: cost and practicality. It was extremely expensive to do all those annual checks, and most of the check was stuff anybody can do on their own (and ought to), like changing spark plugs, oil, air filter, etc. So, rather than jacking up the price by another 50% to keep the check-ups, they dropped the check-ups and dropped the price a bit.